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Issue Details: First known date: 1986... 1986 The Fringe Dwellers
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Film Details - Fringe Dwellers Productions , 1986

Producers:

Hilary Heath (executive producer); Sue Milliken (producer).

Production Companies:

Fringe Dwellers Productions.

Director of Photography:

Donald McAlpine.

Editors:

Tim Wellburn.

Production Designers:

Herbert Pinter.

Music:

George Dreyfus.

Cast:

Including Justine Saunders (Mollie Comeaway), Kristina Nehm (Trilby Comeaway), Kylie Belling (Noonah Comeaway), Bob Maza (Joe Comeaway), Marlene Bell (Hannah), Wilf Campagnoni (Bert), David Clendenning (Headmaster), Wilkie Collins (Dr Lymons), Alan Dargin (Bruce), Ernie Dingo (Phil), Dianne Eden (Matron), Sandra Lehane (Nurse Creswell), Michele Miles (Blanchie), Bill Sandy (Skippy), Anne Saward (May), and Malcolm Silva (Charlie).

Release Dates:

23 October 1986 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in Cherbourg and Murgon, Queensland.

Awards:

  • AFI Award, Best Adapted Screenplay, 1986.
  • Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, 1986.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Bush,
  • Country towns,
  • Perth, Western Australia,
  • Western Australia,
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